Constance @constancedms

Ozempic does not “force” a caloric deficit like a cattle prod. It changes appetite signaling, satiety, gastric emptying, insulin secretion, glucagon, and in many patients improves glycemic control, fatty liver markers, and cardiometabolic risk. That is metabolism. The phrase “chemical crutch” is just moralizing in a lab coat. We do not call insulin a crutch, or antihypertensives a crutch, or glasses a crutch. We call them treatment. And this obsession with “root cause” is usually a racket. Obesity and metabolic disease are not one thing with one sacred origin story. They are genetics, appetite regulation, food environment, insulin resistance, sleep, medications, activity, and yes, inflammation. GLP-1 drugs act on several of those pathways at once. So no, this is not merely appetite suppression while the “real problem” hides in the basement. It is treatment of the very systems that are dysregulated. The scale is not the only outcome, but pretending improved blood sugar, less visceral fat, and better metabolic function do not count because a drug was involved is ideology, not medicine.

Diet & Nutrition @Diet0Nutrition

3 months ago

Ozempic isn’t fixing your metabolism, it’s suppressing your appetite while the root cause stays untouched. By mimicking hunger-regulating hormones, these injections induce significant appetite suppression and delayed gastric emptying, effectively forcing a caloric deficit.

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What worries me a lot about the exorbitant prices is that is has made Cape Town property prohibitively expensive for South Africans of lower and middle income. I read that 90% of Cape Town’s population have become priced out of their own housing market. Even high-income earners struggle to afford property in desired areas. I suspect, as a result, integration has all but stalled and townships have have continued to grow, further reinforcing Cape Town's infamous spatial disparity and inequality. The South African property market in Cape Town is failing those it is intended to serve & something’s gotta give. Market interventions & reform is needed. Airbnb controls are needed. London, LA, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris & numerous other cities have regulated Airbnb without outright banning it. You can tame the excesses of the market without destroying it. South Africans can't be moved to the fringes of their own city and prevented from owning it both in soul and property.

Diet & Nutrition @Diet0Nutrition

3 months ago

Ozempic isn’t fixing your metabolism, it’s suppressing your appetite while the root cause stays untouched. By mimicking hunger-regulating hormones, these injections induce significant appetite suppression and delayed gastric emptying, effectively forcing a caloric deficit.

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Ppl will admire your depth until it’s time to swim in it. They’ll praise your wisdom until it holds them accountable… love your light until it exposes their shadows.They’ll crave your energy until they realise it’s not free

There’s 6 stages to letting go, but most ppl get stuck at 1. Where the mind refuses to update its reality. You know you should move on, you tell yourself you have to, but no matter what you do, it’s like your heart didn’t get the memo.

@MaBlerh If you leave at 08:25 you'll get there at 08:45

So, I am sure you have all heard of the reality TV series - Listing Cape Town?🤔 The series featured local real estate agents from multiple real estate agencies, where they showed off #CapeTown’s best residential #property available for sale. The show is similar to Netflix’s better-known “Selling Sunset” series. I thought the realty reality show did an amazing job showcasing the interior of some of Cape Town’s higher-end real estate; as for the agents that featured on there - well, let’s just say they make selling real estate look much easier than it looks😆 One of the most frequently asked questions that I get asked from matrics leaving school is...

To whoever party bus I just crashed.. hope yall enjoyed 🤣🤣🤣 💯👍🏿 #goodnight

A whole-food, plant-based lifestyle intervention with exercise improved glycaemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes better than standard medical care, and it reduced diabetes medication use. #Diabetes #T2D #DiabetesResearch tinyurl.com/4mdrykfn 🔓

New @TheEndoSociety guidelines highlight who should be getting more than the recommended dietary allowance of vitamin D. Via @Verywell bit.ly/4eDjeG9 Catch up with our news conference recording. bit.ly/45HNuvE

I once believed crafting a PhD Literature Review was just about showcasing a sea of existing knowledge. I couldn't have been more wrong. A PhD Literature Review is:

The most annoying part of academic writing is knowing the thing, but looking for some other paper to say it for you. You can't just say bread is soft, you have to say it according to Baker (2001) that bread is soft. At the same time, you can't quote Baker 2001 because it's outdated. Although bread did not stop being soft, you have to find another Baker who said it in 2023. Weeeeeeeeeeee aiy kuningi! Ngeke singahlanyi makunjena

booking flights on a phone is crazy. that is a laptop activity

Here's the best career advice I can give you after 24+ years climbing the corporate ladder: 1. Forget about work-life balance

@Bonang #HouseofMack

@Gooner77m 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂

@stushous @Puff_Iya 🤣 😂

Today is my 40th birthday. Here are all the things that I know at 40 which I wish I knew at 20. Starting with… 1. Your relationship with others is a direct reflection of your relationship with yourself. If you treat yourself poorly, then you will unconsciously seek out and tolerate others who treat you poorly. If you treat yourself with dignity and respect, then you will only tolerate others who treat you with dignity and respect. Get right with yourself. Get right with the world.

Zola Wits Dental is fully operational to the public The Top-Notch Zola Wits Dental Clinic offers oral health services such as examinations, tooth extractions, fillings, dentures, & pain & sepsis treatment to the communities of Soweto. #AsibeHealthyGP

@PrinceKaybee_SA You would totally rock black glossy nails 💅 😍

actually it’s sugar

Zork @ZorkArc

2 years ago

What's the most normalized addiction?

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